Our last full day in Rome, and also of our vacation has arrived! The last ticketed adventure of our stay was a visit to the Galleria Borghese, about a half hour’s walk from our hostel. We stopped first for some coffees and pastries and then made our way through the narrow streets once again. Today…

One of the great advantages of our location is that we are very close to the site of ancient Rome here. We were able to walk to our tour meeting area in about fifteen minutes and had time to get some pastries, coffees and water from the Oppio Cafe before crossing the street and meeting…

This morning we reoriented ourselves to our new city with our itinerary and maps, found our day’s tour tickets and headed for the Metro to pick up some passes. We’d been here less than twelve hours and technically we were already headed out of the country – to Vatican City. We were very early for…